diff --git a/AIMS.UI/AIMSControls.csproj b/AIMS.UI/AIMSControls.csproj
index 71603ec..fe90194 100644
--- a/AIMS.UI/AIMSControls.csproj
+++ b/AIMS.UI/AIMSControls.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>AIMSControls</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>AIMSControls</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />
diff --git a/AIMS.UI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/AIMS.UI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 62bc74c..d00b25c 100644
--- a/AIMS.UI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/AIMS.UI/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace AIMSControls.Properties {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "17.5.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "17.7.0.0")]
     internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
         
         private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
diff --git a/AIMS/AIMS.csproj b/AIMS/AIMS.csproj
index d4f0dbb..c6eb356 100644
--- a/AIMS/AIMS.csproj
+++ b/AIMS/AIMS.csproj
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\DotNetBar for Windows Forms\DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <EmbedInteropTypes>False</EmbedInteropTypes>
-      <HintPath>Extensions\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>Extensions\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
@@ -135,8 +130,6 @@
     <Content Include="Extensions\DevComponents.DotNetBar.Schedule.dll" />
     <Content Include="Extensions\DevComponents.DotNetBar.SuperGrid.dll" />
     <Content Include="Extensions\DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll" />
-    <Content Include="Extensions\itextsharp.dll" />
-    <Content Include="Extensions\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll" />
     <Content Include="Extensions\Mono.Security.dll" />
     <Content Include="Extensions\Npgsql.dll" />
     <Content Include="UpdateList.xml" />
diff --git a/AIMS/Extensions/itextsharp.dll b/AIMS/Extensions/itextsharp.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 180d255..0000000
Binary files a/AIMS/Extensions/itextsharp.dll and /dev/null differ